But it took catching one much smaller that had something bigger than he could have ever dreamed of attached to it.

It began by entering a Cabela's fishing contest. “Cabela’s has a certain amount of fish tagged in 22 states and releases them,” said Scott Johns, General Manager of the Lehi Cabela’s. “It's basically going out and trying to catch one of those tagged fish.”

Jerry says it took catching 400 fish over the course of the contest before finally one day at Rockport Reservoir he got one with a tag.

“The bottom prize was $100 so I figured hey $100 for fishing would be a pretty good bonus,” said Jerry.